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Forbidden Worlds #22

Oct 1953 · American Comics Group · 0.10 USD
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This issue contains "The Cursed Casket," a story about museum archeologist George Stevens who discovers an Egyptian casket bearing a curse. After Stevens examines the artifact and reads its inscriptions, he becomes obsessed with the cursed object. A man named Bill becomes involved with a mysterious woman named Orana who warns him to stay away from her, claiming she is dangerous and that men who come near her are ready for death. Bill ignores the warning and pursues Orana, encountering a strange mist rising from a hollow tree and discovering a rainbow-banded ribbon object on the ground as supernatural events unfold around them.

Contains 4 stories
Ghost Gold!
6 pp
"Digger" DentonSatanPeteRusty

In "Ghost Gold!", "Digger" Denton spends forty years seeking fortune and finally strikes it rich in a remote creek—only to be caught in an avalanche and find himself dead, yet still bound by Satan's dark bargain to linger as a corpse. When his newfound gold draws greedy prospectors to the region, Digger must grapple with the bitter truth that all the riches in the world mean nothing if he can't truly enjoy them. As fortune hunters close in and a medicine man prepares to send his spirit to eternal rest, Digger learns a hard lesson about what truly matters when life—and afterlife—hang in the balance.

The Cursed Casket!
7 pp
George StevensBobAnneJoe

When museum archeologist George Stevens and his colleagues open an ancient Egyptian casket in 1953, they unleash a fiery supernatural force tied to a forgotten fire spirit—one that can only manifest when exposed to flame. As the creature begins a rampage of mysterious fires across the city, Bob and Anne must race to decipher the casket's inscriptions and find a way to stop it before the next full moon brings it back to claim its prize. A tense race against time and ancient magic awaits in "The Cursed Casket!"

Dead Man's Tree!
7 pp
MadgeMacJohn FlaggFrank MeadHenryMartin

Madge rents a house haunted by a vengeful spirit buried beneath the notorious Dead Man's Tree, hoping the supernatural setting will inspire her book on the paranormal. When a violent storm awakens the ghost, she's forced into a sinister bargain—using magical branches to resurrect the spirits of the dead so they can exact revenge on the living descendants of those who wronged them. As terror grips the town and suspicion falls on Madge herself, the situation spirals toward a reckoning neither she nor the townspeople can control.

The Dance of Death
7 pp
Buzz RyanBill MartinOrana

Pilot Buzz Ryan and his co-pilot Bill Martin stumble into a native dance joint in Rangoon and become entranced by the mysterious dancer Orana—but the club owner's warnings about a deadly curse prove all too real when Bill falls victim to a cobra strike. As Buzz discovers that Orana possesses unholy power over the dead, he races through the jungle to an ancient ruin where his best friend and countless other souls are enslaved to her sinister will.

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Full credits

artist, inker Robert McCarty
cover pencils, inks Ken Bald

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Reprinted in Mad Fear #[nn] (1983), Verbotene Welten #1

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